by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog
In every society, some people hold more wealth than other people. Every society, in other words, has a rich. But not every society’s rich has enough wealth to really dominate. Not every society’s rich has enough wealth — and power — to rig the rules at the expense of...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog
Here’s Donald Trump, speaking at a presidential debate in October of last year (emphasis mine): “We’re already [the] highest-tax nation in the world. Just about. They can maybe find—every once in a while they’ll say, they’ll fact-check me, ‘Well, there’s a nation that...
by Bill Scher | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog, The Trump Swamp
Reuters is reporting that Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt will be Donald Trump's choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Unsurprisingly, Pruitt is one of the conservative attorneys general who has sued to block President Barack Obama's Clean Power...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog
Our Revolution and Good Jobs Nation will hold a rally with low-wage federal contract workers Wednesday to launch "Good Jobs Defense" to call on President-elect Trump to stop all federal contractors from shipping jobs overseas and stealing the pay of workers who serve...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog
The future was supposed to bring prosperity and leisure to working people, not joblessness and misery. But that was before the money guys took over. This week Amazon announced that it’s planning to open a grocery store that has no cashiers or checkout lines. The...
by Monique Morrissey | Dec 6, 2016 | Blog
With a raised hand, my daughter’s teacher can magically line up 20 kindergarteners who are running circles around a loud gym. She’s at school when I drop my daughter off in the morning and still on the job—calling us and other parents from the subway—as my...
